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The first or ‘booking’ antenatal appointment
Your GP will arrange for you to have your first antenatal appointment (often known as the ‘booking appointment’), which usually takes place before 10 weeks of pregnancy. Depending on the practice in your area, it could be at your home, at your GP’s surgery, or at your local hospital. You will be seen by a midwife. Unless you…
Home birth – I got the birth I wanted
As a 38-year-old first-time mum I thought I would have a fight on my hands with my wishes to have my baby at home. My midwife team were fully supportive and were really pro-homebirth and seemed excited about it. My husband and I attended a Hypnobirthing course, which taught us techniques for breathing and relaxation,…
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Tagged Childbirth, headache, Home birth, Midwife, online antenatal club, TENS
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Quiz: Are you getting enough folic acid?
Take our folic acid quiz to see if you are getting enough. Make a note of your score to see what your overall results mean. Q1: What do you usually eat for breakfast? A – Bowl of cereal B – Piece of toast C – Nothing/something grabbed on the run Q2: How often do you…
Posted in Diet and nutrition during pregnancy, Pregnancy Health, Quiz
Tagged Folic acid, food, Leaf vegetable, microwave, online antenatal club, Pregnancy, Q
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Summertime is baby time
20 June, 2000 SUMMERTIME IS BABY TIME THE summer months are now the busiest time of the year for maternity wards, it has been reported. A study, by statisticians at the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, shows that the peak time of year for births has shifted over the last 20 years from March…
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Are you expecting a baby in December 1999 or January 2000?
Are you expecting a baby in December 1999 or January 2000? If so, you may be in with a chance to join our Millennium Baby Club! babyworld’s Millennium Baby Club is now online. As the millennium approaches, the club offers special online antenatal support from babyworld’s special millennium antenatal teacher. All you need is for…
Folic acid: what you need to know
One nutrient key to a healthy pregnancy is worth special consideration: folate or folic acid one of the B group of vitamins, also known as B9. We all need folic acid to make DNA. DNA carries the genetic information that controls the correct development and function of every single cell in our bodies. A good…
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Babyworld Readers’ Survey November 2006
Babyworld Readers’ Survey November 2006 sponsored by the babyworld shop plus your chance to win a Jane Energy stroller plus Luxury footmuff worth £140.00 or a Kuster high chair worth £115.00. Help us to help you We are constantly looking to enhance the content and presentation of the web site. Your input will be very…
Poor antenatal care may cause stillbirths
18 September 2001 A new report suggests that improved antenatal care is required and that some substandard practices could increase the risk of babies being stillborn. The Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI), funded by the government, looked at the standards of antenatal care in the UK. During the years 1996 and…
Poor antenatal care may cause stillbirths
A new report suggests that improved antenatal care is required and that some substandard practices could increase the risk of babies being stillborn. The Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI), funded by the government, looked at the standards of antenatal care in the UK. During the years 1996 and 1997, 5,930 stillbirths…
